SC430 Timing Belt
09-10-18, 01:53 PM
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09-10-18, 06:24 PM
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Glad you asked this. I was going to do a search...my 09 has 26K mi on it now.
Guess I need to address this. I will look at getting my own parts to my trusted mechanic.
Thanks!
Guess I need to address this. I will look at getting my own parts to my trusted mechanic.
Thanks!
09-10-18, 07:31 PM
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Just done mine for little over 500 bucks. Kits form Amazon, $170, labor $350. Post #16.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...f-price-2.html
Get it done, don't take a chance to end up with damage engine.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...f-price-2.html
Get it done, don't take a chance to end up with damage engine.
09-13-18, 04:31 AM
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That's a good deal for $350. Your trusted mechanic is a good man!
09-14-18, 12:15 PM
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Alison vs OEM TB kit?
Does anyone have any thoughts on he difference between OEM sand Aisin? Have a 77k 06 SC coming and mechanic says to wait it out 100%. And only use OEM,,, so I’m curious
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I read a bit yesterday
And yes I found the same information. Does anyone know so in fact did the OEM belt? Gates? I remember reading the same so if someone wanted 100% OEM they’d simply swap out the belt, just have not found which company supplied the belt.
im convinced the Aisin kit is fine but interested in the answer ...
09-15-18, 08:35 AM
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Thanks to this (and other) threads here, my car is getting a new timing belt right now. Though it's listed as an 09, the door says it was mnfrd in 08/08 so its over 10 right now. So glad its being done.
I sent my mechanic (trusted for neary 20yrs) a link to the Aisin kit and asked if I could bring this in for him to install. He said for something as important as this, he still prefers official 100% OEM parts. That even if it a mnfr does do the OEM parts, there could be very slight differences in the "official" OEM and the mnfr's "a/ mkt-just -like-OEM." Like any time when you weigh name-brand vs generic, I guess. At the end of the day, it's personal preference & what you feel comfortable with.
For the $1550 it will cost me if he does it w/ OEM, I figured just do it. Though it's VERY tempting to go the Aisin route (!), and I'm sure that kit is, like you said, just fine, and many have done so w/ probably no repercussions. Internal mechanical stuff is not my domain, so I leave that to the experts. But I glean so much on these sites!
BGinLA, he's in OC near Stanton off Beach Blvd & Katella (close to LA). He is extremely ethical and knowledgeable.
Good luck whichever way you go. Its good that you are replacing it!
I sent my mechanic (trusted for neary 20yrs) a link to the Aisin kit and asked if I could bring this in for him to install. He said for something as important as this, he still prefers official 100% OEM parts. That even if it a mnfr does do the OEM parts, there could be very slight differences in the "official" OEM and the mnfr's "a/ mkt-just -like-OEM." Like any time when you weigh name-brand vs generic, I guess. At the end of the day, it's personal preference & what you feel comfortable with.
For the $1550 it will cost me if he does it w/ OEM, I figured just do it. Though it's VERY tempting to go the Aisin route (!), and I'm sure that kit is, like you said, just fine, and many have done so w/ probably no repercussions. Internal mechanical stuff is not my domain, so I leave that to the experts. But I glean so much on these sites!
BGinLA, he's in OC near Stanton off Beach Blvd & Katella (close to LA). He is extremely ethical and knowledgeable.
Good luck whichever way you go. Its good that you are replacing it!
09-15-18, 09:29 AM
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And yes I found the same information. Does anyone know so in fact did the OEM belt? Gates? I remember reading the same so if someone wanted 100% OEM they’d simply swap out the belt, just have not found which company supplied the belt.
im convinced the Aisin kit is fine but interested in the answer ...
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